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0101Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell20170925

Sarah Montague and Professor Michael Sandel discuss the inaugural Reith lectures by philosopher Bertrand Russell, on the topic of `Authority and the Individual`. As part of the celebrations of 50 years of Radio 4, the network assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell, delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. This series revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures. Sarah Montague discusses Russell's lectures with Sandel, who is known to Radio 4 listeners as The Public Philosopher and more recently The Global Philosopher.

Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley

Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0101Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell2017092520230805 (R4)

Sarah Montague and Professor Michael Sandel discuss the inaugural Reith lectures by philosopher Bertrand Russell, on the topic of `Authority and the Individual`. As part of the celebrations of 50 years of Radio 4, the network assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell, delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. This series revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures. Sarah Montague discusses Russell's lectures with Sandel, who is known to Radio 4 listeners as The Public Philosopher and more recently The Global Philosopher.

Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley

Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0101Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell2017092520230806 (R4)

Sarah Montague and Professor Michael Sandel discuss the inaugural Reith lectures by philosopher Bertrand Russell, on the topic of `Authority and the Individual`. As part of the celebrations of 50 years of Radio 4, the network assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell, delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. This series revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures. Sarah Montague discusses Russell's lectures with Sandel, who is known to Radio 4 listeners as The Public Philosopher and more recently The Global Philosopher.

Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley

Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0102Anand Menon on Robert Birley20170926

Robert Birley's 1949 Reith lecture series, "Britain in Europe", remain urgently topical today. Sarah Montague discusses the lectures with Professor Anand Menon. The Reith Lectures began in 1948 on the Home Service, subsequently moving to Radio 4 and becoming a major national occasion for intellectual debate. As part of the celebrations of Radio 4's 50th anniversary, the network looks back at the first 10 years of the Reith Lectures to explore how they reflect the times in which they were delivered and how well they stand up now. Birley was headmaster of Eton who had worked in postwar Germany. In his lectures, he looked forward to what he described as a European Union and discussed how far Britain would become integrated in it. Sarah assesses his lectures with the help of Anand Menon, who heads The UK In A Changing Europe thinktank.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith lectures Britain in Europe.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0102Anand Menon on Robert Birley2017092620230819 (R4)

Robert Birley's 1949 Reith lecture series, "Britain in Europe", remain urgently topical today. Sarah Montague discusses the lectures with Professor Anand Menon. The Reith Lectures began in 1948 on the Home Service, subsequently moving to Radio 4 and becoming a major national occasion for intellectual debate. As part of the celebrations of Radio 4's 50th anniversary, the network looks back at the first 10 years of the Reith Lectures to explore how they reflect the times in which they were delivered and how well they stand up now. Birley was headmaster of Eton who had worked in postwar Germany. In his lectures, he looked forward to what he described as a European Union and discussed how far Britain would become integrated in it. Sarah assesses his lectures with the help of Anand Menon, who heads The UK In A Changing Europe thinktank.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith lectures Britain in Europe.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0102Anand Menon on Robert Birley2017092620230820 (R4)

Robert Birley's 1949 Reith lecture series, "Britain in Europe", remain urgently topical today. Sarah Montague discusses the lectures with Professor Anand Menon. The Reith Lectures began in 1948 on the Home Service, subsequently moving to Radio 4 and becoming a major national occasion for intellectual debate. As part of the celebrations of Radio 4's 50th anniversary, the network looks back at the first 10 years of the Reith Lectures to explore how they reflect the times in which they were delivered and how well they stand up now. Birley was headmaster of Eton who had worked in postwar Germany. In his lectures, he looked forward to what he described as a European Union and discussed how far Britain would become integrated in it. Sarah assesses his lectures with the help of Anand Menon, who heads The UK In A Changing Europe thinktank.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith lectures Britain in Europe.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0103Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer20170927

Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, gave the BBC's Reith lectures in 1953. Sarah Montague and Professor Brian Cox consider the lessons to be learnt from them today. The Reith Lectures began in 1948 on the Home Service, subsequently moving to Radio 4 and becoming a major national occasion for intellectual debate. As part of the celebrations of Radio 4's 50th anniversary, the network looks back at the first 10 years of the Reith Lectures to explore how they reflect the times in which they were delivered and how well they stand up now.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0103Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer2017092720230812 (R4)

Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, gave the BBC's Reith lectures in 1953. Sarah Montague and Professor Brian Cox consider the lessons to be learnt from them today. The Reith Lectures began in 1948 on the Home Service, subsequently moving to Radio 4 and becoming a major national occasion for intellectual debate. As part of the celebrations of Radio 4's 50th anniversary, the network looks back at the first 10 years of the Reith Lectures to explore how they reflect the times in which they were delivered and how well they stand up now.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0103Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer2017092720230813 (R4)

Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, gave the BBC's Reith lectures in 1953. Sarah Montague and Professor Brian Cox consider the lessons to be learnt from them today. The Reith Lectures began in 1948 on the Home Service, subsequently moving to Radio 4 and becoming a major national occasion for intellectual debate. As part of the celebrations of Radio 4's 50th anniversary, the network looks back at the first 10 years of the Reith Lectures to explore how they reflect the times in which they were delivered and how well they stand up now.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0104Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner20170928

"The Englishness of English Art" was the theme of the 1955 BBC Reith lectures by art historian Nikolaus Pevsner. Sarah Montague discusses them with Grayson Perry. the artist who himself was a Reith Lecturer in 2013. In Reith Revisited, Radio 4 assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. In this series Radio 4 revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0104Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner2017092820230826 (R4)

"The Englishness of English Art" was the theme of the 1955 BBC Reith lectures by art historian Nikolaus Pevsner. Sarah Montague discusses them with Grayson Perry. the artist who himself was a Reith Lecturer in 2013. In Reith Revisited, Radio 4 assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. In this series Radio 4 revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0104Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner2017092820230827 (R4)

"The Englishness of English Art" was the theme of the 1955 BBC Reith lectures by art historian Nikolaus Pevsner. Sarah Montague discusses them with Grayson Perry. the artist who himself was a Reith Lecturer in 2013. In Reith Revisited, Radio 4 assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. In this series Radio 4 revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0105Angela Stent on George Kennan20170929

Professor Angela Stent examines the lessons to be learnt from the 1957 Reith Lectures by the legendary American diplomat George Kennan, titled "Russia, the Atom and the West". Kennan, the architect of the American post-war policy of containment of the Soviet Union, was a key player during the Cold War. Stent, the former National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the US National Intelligence Council, evaluates the continuing relevance of the lectures, in conversation with Sarah Montague. The series assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. In this series Radio 4 revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

A re-examination of George Kennan's 1957 Reith Lectures, 'Russia, the Atom and the West'.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0105Angela Stent on George Kennan2017092920230902 (R4)

Professor Angela Stent examines the lessons to be learnt from the 1957 Reith Lectures by the legendary American diplomat George Kennan, titled "Russia, the Atom and the West". Kennan, the architect of the American post-war policy of containment of the Soviet Union, was a key player during the Cold War. Stent, the former National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the US National Intelligence Council, evaluates the continuing relevance of the lectures, in conversation with Sarah Montague. The series assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. In this series Radio 4 revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

A re-examination of George Kennan's 1957 Reith Lectures, 'Russia, the Atom and the West'.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.

0105Angela Stent on George Kennan2017092920230903 (R4)

Professor Angela Stent examines the lessons to be learnt from the 1957 Reith Lectures by the legendary American diplomat George Kennan, titled "Russia, the Atom and the West". Kennan, the architect of the American post-war policy of containment of the Soviet Union, was a key player during the Cold War. Stent, the former National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the US National Intelligence Council, evaluates the continuing relevance of the lectures, in conversation with Sarah Montague. The series assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. In this series Radio 4 revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.
Producer: Neil Koenig
Researcher: Josephine Casserley.

A re-examination of George Kennan's 1957 Reith Lectures, 'Russia, the Atom and the West'.

Series that revisits speakers who have delivered the BBC's flagship Reith lectures.